RS3 Ironman Skill Training Guides
How to train all 29 skills as an Ironman, level by level. No Grand Exchange: each guide shows where your inputs come from, which quests give XP in the skill, and what the levels unlock.
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Combat skills
AttackMax 120Start: Waterfall Quest + Fight Arena quest XP
DefenceMax 99Start: Holy Grail quest (15,300 Defence XP) + early quests; The Blood Pact for free starter weapons
StrengthMax 120Start: Waterfall Quest
ConstitutionMax 99Start: Passive via any combat style
RangedMax 120Start: Safespot cows/yaks with self-fletched shortbow + arrows
PrayerMax 99Start: Quest XP (Restless Ghost, Holy Grail) + buried big bones
MagicMax 120Start: Quest XP + combat spells on Slayer tasks
SummoningMax 99Start: Wolf Whistle quest (276 XP → level 4 + 275 gold charms), then dreadfowl (4) and granite crab (16) pouches
NecromancyMax 120Start: Necromancy! quest, then combat in the City of Um troll cave (5+) + lesser communion rituals
Gathering skills
WoodcuttingMax 110Start: Regular (1) → oak (10) → willow (20) trees with urns
FishingMax 99Start: Crayfish (1) → fly-fish trout/salmon (20) in Lumbridge/Shilo
MiningMax 110Start: Copper/tin → iron (drop or box) → coal → mithril/luminite
FarmingMax 120Start: Quest XP (A Fairy Tale I - Growing Pains, Garden of Tranquillity) + allotments
HunterMax 110Start: Crimson swifts → tropical wagtails (19) → salamanders; birdhouse runs on Havenhythe from level 5 (active laps, also bank feathers + nests)
DivinationMax 99Start: Wisp colony progression, converting memories; unlock each tier’s boon at the Memorial to Guthix
ArchaeologyMax 120Start: Kharid-et (5) + Infernal Source (20) excavation, restore everything
Artisan skills
CookingMax 99Start: Cook everything you fish on a range/bonfire; get cooking gauntlets (Family Crest) early to cut burning
FletchingMax 110Start: Unstrung bows: shortbow (1) → longbow (5) → oak (10/15) → willow (20/25) → maple (40/45) → acadia (50/55)
FiremakingMax 110Start: Bonfire your own logs: normal (1) → oak (15) → willow (30) → teak (35)
CraftingMax 110Start: Quest XP; cut gems from gem rocks; gold jewellery (own gold bars + gems)
SmithingMax 110Start: The Knight’s Sword quest (12,725 XP → ~level 29); else bronze/iron items at the Artisans’ Workshop
HerbloreMax 120Start: Quest XP (Druidic Ritual+) then attack/strength potions from farmed herbs
RunecraftingMax 110Start: Low-level Runespan (portal in the Wizards’ Tower)
ConstructionMax 120Start: Sawmill planks → oak planks (10) at the sawmill
InventionMax 120Start: Discover devices, augment t70+ gear, level to 10 and disassemble
Support skills
AgilityMax 99Start: Rush with quest XP (The Grand Tree, Tourist Trap lamps); Gnome Stronghold / Burthorpe courses to fill
ThievingMax 120Start: Quest XP (Hazeel Cult, Fight Arena, Biohazard, Buyers and Cellars) or bakery stalls (5)
SlayerMax 120Start: Easy tasks; rush Smoking Kills the moment you hit 35 Slayer to double points
DungeoneeringMax 120Start: Solo floors, reset at all floors complete; C6 small for speed
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